bandeirante
See also: Bandeirante
English
Etymology
From Portuguese bandeirante, from bandeira (“flag”).
Noun
bandeirante (plural bandeirantes)
- (historical) One of the European adventurers and slavers who were responsible for exploring much of early colonial Brazil.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury 2005, p. 14:
- Its tough and cruel settler bandeirantes were the first Europeans to penetrate Brazil's interior on their long slaving forays against the índios.
- 2015, Bruce Douglas, The Guardian, 24 April:
- On Friday afternoon, Santos and a few dozen other activists will set off from the Praça Panamericana in western São Paulo on a 1,000km (621-mile) walk to Brasília, the Brazilian capital, following one of the routes of the bandeirantes.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury 2005, p. 14:
Portuguese
Etymology
From bandeira + -ante.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [bɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃.te/ [bɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.dɐjˈɾɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.dejˈɾɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.deˈɾɐ̃.t(ɨ)/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
- Hyphenation: ban‧dei‧ran‧te
Noun
bandeirante m or f by sense (plural bandeirantes)
- bandeirante
Related terms
- bandeira